1 Samuel 20:10

20:10 David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”

1 Samuel 22:16

22:16 But the king said, “You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house!

1 Samuel 2:31

2:31 In fact, days are coming when I will remove your strength ¹  and the strength ²  of your father’s house. There will not be an old man in your house!

1 Samuel 14:28

14:28 Then someone from the army informed him, “Your father put the army under a strict oath ³  saying, ‘Cursed be the man who eats food today!’ That is why the army is tired.”

1 Samuel 2:27-28

The Lord Judges the House of Eli

2:27 A man of God came to Eli and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Did I not plainly ⁴  reveal myself to your ancestor’s ⁵  house when they were in Egypt in the house of Pharaoh? 2:28 I chose your ancestor ⁶  from all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer sacrifice on my altar, to burn incense, and to bear the ephod before me. I gave to your ancestor’s house all the fire offerings made by the Israelites.

1 Samuel 2:30

2:30 Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, says, ‘I really did say ⁷  that your house and your ancestor’s house would serve ⁸  me forever.’ But now the Lord says, ‘May it never be! ⁹  For I will honor those who honor me, but those who despise me will be cursed!

1 Samuel 9:20

9:20 Don’t be concerned ¹⁰  about the donkeys that you lost three days ago, for they have been found. Whom does all Israel desire? Is it not you, and all your father’s family?” ¹¹ 

1 Samuel 20:1

Jonathan Seeks to Protect David

20:1 David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, ¹²  “What have I done? What is my offense? ¹³  How have I sinned before your father? For he is seeking my life!”

1 Samuel 20:3

20:3 Taking an oath, David again ¹⁴  said, “Your father is very much aware of the fact ¹⁵  that I have found favor with you, and he has thought, ¹⁶  ‘Don’t let Jonathan know about this, or he will be upset.’ But as surely as the Lord lives and you live, there is about one step between me and death!”

1 Samuel 20:6

20:6 If your father happens to miss me, you should say, ‘David urgently requested me to let him go ¹⁷  to his city Bethlehem, ¹⁸  for there is an annual sacrifice there for his entire family.’

1 Samuel 20:8

20:8 You must be loyal ¹⁹  to your servant, for you have made a covenant with your servant in the Lord’s name. ²⁰  If I am guilty, ²¹  you yourself kill me! Why bother taking me to your father?”

1 Samuel 22:22

22:22 Then David said to Abiathar, “I knew that day when Doeg the Edomite was there that he would certainly tell Saul! I am guilty ²²  of all the deaths in your father’s house!

1 Samuel 10:2

10:2 When you leave me today, you will find two men near Rachel’s tomb at Zelzah on Benjamin’s border. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you have gone looking for have been found. Your father is no longer concerned about the donkeys but has become anxious about you two! ²³  He is asking, “What should I do about my son?”’

¹ tn Heb “chop off your arm.” The arm here symbolizes strength and activity.

² tn Heb “arm.”

¹ tn Heb “your father surely put the army under an oath.” The infinitive absolute is used before the finite verb to emphasize the solemn nature of the oath.

¹ tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.

² tn Heb “to your father’s” (also in vv. 28, 30).

¹ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Eli’s ancestor, i.e., Aaron) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹ tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.

² tn Heb “walk about before.”

³ tn Heb “may it be far removed from me.”

¹ tn Heb “do not fix your heart.”

² tn Heb “and all the house of your father.”

¹ tn Heb “and he came and said before Jonathan.”

² tn Heb “What is my guilt?”

¹ tc The LXX and the Syriac Peshitta lack the word “again.”

² tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.

³ tn Heb “said,” that is, to himself. So also in v. 25.

¹ tn Heb “to run.”

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¹ tn Heb “and you must do loyalty.”

² tn Heb “for into a covenant of the Lord you have brought your servant with you.”

³ tn Heb “and if there is in me guilt.”

¹ tc The translation follows the LXX, which reads “I am guilty,” rather than the MT, which has “I have turned.”

¹ sn In the Hebrew text the pronoun you is plural, suggesting that Saul’s father was concerned about his son and the servant who accompanied him.